Tissue Cutting And Drilling With The Hydrogen Fluoride Laser
- 10 March 1987
- proceedings article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- p. 193-195
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937340
Abstract
The effectiveness of the continuous wave hydrogen fluoride laser for cutting animal skin; skeletal and heart muscle; and liver tissue was tested. Histological studies demon strated that it is comparable to the CO2 laser in tissue cutting action. Importantly, the hydrogen fluoride laser can be delivereg through mid-infrared fiber optics, making it a potential tool for opthiamic applications, intravascular surgery, and for laser myocardial revascularization. It was not felt to be practical for general surgical applications.Keywords
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